Difference between revisions of "Wopke Hoekstra"
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| Last race = [[2012 Supercup Singapore Grand Prix]] | | Last race = [[2012 Supercup Singapore Grand Prix]] | ||
| Last season = [[2012 Supercup season|2012]] | | Last season = [[2012 Supercup season|2012]] | ||
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+ | Name = {{flagicon|NED}} Wopke Hoekstra | | ||
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+ | Series = Formula Challenge | | ||
+ | Updated = April 2013 | | ||
+ | DebutYear = 2012 | | ||
+ | First race = [[Challenge British Grand Prix|2012 Challenge British Grand Prix]] | | ||
+ | Team(s) = [[Velocity Racing]], [[Optimum SimRacing]] | | ||
+ | Races = 19 | | ||
+ | Championships = 0 | | ||
+ | Wins = 1 | | ||
+ | Podiums = 2 | | ||
+ | Poles = 0 | | ||
+ | Fastest laps = 0 | | ||
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Just like last season, the Top 15 would be reserved again, therefore allowing Wopke to start from 6th place. After some excellent passes Wopke found himself in 3rd, just behind his team mate. Sovik didn't make it too difficult for Wopke to pass him, and Wopke started to hunt down Tveit. Showing some good pace and putting Tveit under pressure was enough to force Tveit into a mistake and thus Wopke was handed the lead. | Just like last season, the Top 15 would be reserved again, therefore allowing Wopke to start from 6th place. After some excellent passes Wopke found himself in 3rd, just behind his team mate. Sovik didn't make it too difficult for Wopke to pass him, and Wopke started to hunt down Tveit. Showing some good pace and putting Tveit under pressure was enough to force Tveit into a mistake and thus Wopke was handed the lead. | ||
Behind him, Nieminen and Gilmore were fighting over 2nd position, rather than catching up with him first. This allowed the gap to stay pretty much the same, although it was slowly shrinking. After 15 laps though, it was Wopke Hoekstra who finished the line in first position, scoring his maiden victory and also the maiden victory for Optimum SimRacing in GPVWC! | Behind him, Nieminen and Gilmore were fighting over 2nd position, rather than catching up with him first. This allowed the gap to stay pretty much the same, although it was slowly shrinking. After 15 laps though, it was Wopke Hoekstra who finished the line in first position, scoring his maiden victory and also the maiden victory for Optimum SimRacing in GPVWC! | ||
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+ | After missing the Malaysian Grand Prix, Wopke returned at the Red Bull Ring, but his race 1 ended after just a few meters. Race 2 he played safe and managed to bring the car home in 13th. At the Hungaroring, he was back upto the pace he had in Australia. He made a personal best in Qualifying, starting 19th. In the race is was going even faster and while most of the leaders pitted, Wopke continued. This meant he could bring the car home in 7th. In the 2nd race things got even better and for a short moment Wopke had victory in sight, but a mistake dropped him from 1 second to 6 seconds behind the leader with 2 laps to go, he didn't make another mistake and scored his second podium of the season. | ||
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Revision as of 09:32, 12 April 2013
Supercup Career | |
Nationality | Dutch |
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Active Years | 2011-2012 |
Team(s) | Kernow Sport, Innervision |
Races | 22 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podium finishes | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First Race | 2011 Supercup Austrian Grand Prix |
Formula Challenge Career (up to April 2013) | |
Debut Year | 2012 |
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Associated Teams | Velocity Racing, Optimum SimRacing |
Races | 19 |
Championships | 0 |
Race Wins | 1 |
Podium Finishes | 2 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First Race | 2012 Challenge British Grand Prix |
Wopke Hoekstra is a Dutch sim-racer who currently drives for Kernow Sport in the Supercup. He previously drove as a guest driver in the 2010 Masters Series season.
Supercup 2011
With around 25% of the 2011 Supercup season gone, Wopke joined GPVWC for a second time, after driving in the Masters Series before. Not many people knew what to expect, but according to a few GPROC drivers, he had a good pace. Therefore it didn't take him long to find a seat at Kernow Sport. The first race on his schedule was the Austrian Grand Prix. The race was a horrible experience for him, as he qualified way off the pace, and had to drive half the race with a FPS rate of 4-6. Because of that reason, he decides to skip the French Grand Prix, but in Monaco he returned with a much better video card, though still finding himself at the back. As the season progressed there was a clear progress in Wopke's results too, despite him retiring from most races. Eventually the progress resulted in two 6th places in the final two races of the season.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Supercup 2012Early into the season break, it was announced that Wopke had extended his contract at Kernow Sport. Even though there were some payment issues, everything was fine in the end, and thus he appeared at the starting grid for the Australian Grand Prix. As much as he hated the mod, he was extremely excited. This excitement didn't last long when a massive start accident caused him to retire after just one lap. Due to lack of time, he only raced 11/18 races, of which two races were for the Innervision team, after Wopke broke the contract with Kernow Sport due to a lack of time, which in the end wasn't a right decision. During the season he manages to grab two 10th places and thus 2 points.
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